Folding guard for street-cars.



No. 790,766. I PATENTED MAY 23, 1905.

H. F. VOGEL.

FOLDING GUARD FOR STREET CARS.

XPPLIOATION FILED MAR.6, 1905.

2SHEETS-SHEET 1- [J13]? w fier i PATENTED MAY v23, 1905.

H. F. VOGEL.

FOLDING GUARD FOR STREET CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.6,1905.

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UNTTED STATES 'Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT @FFICE? HENRY F. VOGEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ST. LOUIS OAR COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

FOLDING GUARD FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,766, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed March 6, 1905. Serial No. 248,707.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. VOGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Guards for Street-Oars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a folding guard for use in closing the passage-ways between the posts of an open or summer street-car, the guard being made both folding and shiftable in order that it may be lowered into guarding position at the side of a car to prevent passage thereinto or therefrom at such side and also to permit of the positioning of the guard at the top of the car in order that the passage-way into the car may be in open condition for the entry and exit of passengers.

Figure I is aside elevation of one end of a street-car equipped with my guard. Fig. II is a vertical cross-section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged elevation of two of the car-posts and a portion of my guard, shownin full lines in lowered and unfolded condition and in dotted lines in elevated and folded condition. Fig. IV is an enlarged perspective view of a fragment of one of the postcarried guides and one of the slides that operate in said guides. Fig. V is an enlarged vertical section taken on line V V, Fig. III. Fig. V1 is an enlarged horizontal cross-section taken on line V1 V1, Fig. III.

A designates the intermediate side posts of a street-car such as my guard is employed upon, and B is one of the corner-posts of the car. Each of these corner-posts is provided with a vertical runway O, the utility of which will be hereinafter stated.

1 designates guides secured to the posts A and B and preferably of channel shape and having inturned facing-flanges 2.

3 designates slides that operate in the guides 1, each of said slides consisting of an apertured head having a shank .provided with a foot that rides in the runway in the corresponding guide.

4 designates longitudinal rods loosely mounted in the apertured heads of the slides 3.

5 designates collars fitted to the longitudinal rods 4: intermediate of the car-posts and held in fixed positions on said rods by pivotpins 6.

7 designates links interposed between the rods 4. and having their ends loosely fitted to the pivot-pins 6, so that they will swivel thereon. This construction provides for the collapsing of the guard by the movement of the slides 3 in the guides 1, thereby causing the rods to be brought together and the links 7 to be folded alongside of the rods, as seen in dotted lines, Fig. III.

8 designates chains or other flexible connections secured to the uppermost of the slides 3, operating in the guides 1, carried by the corner-posts B of the car. (See Figs. II and III.) These chains or connections pass over sheaves 9 at the top of said posts B and into the runways O in said posts and have connected to them counterbalance-weights 10.

11 designates flanged deflectors secured to the corner-posts B alongside of the guides 1 thereon, the deflectors being located at the lower portion of said guides in positions corresponding to those of the guard when in lowered and unfolded condition. Each deflector is curved at its upper end, as seen at 12, Figs. I and III.

When my guard is in the unfolded condition, (seen in Figs. I, II, and full lines, Fig. III,) the longitudinal rods 4 are in spread condition, due to the separation of the slides 3, and at this time the ends of the longitudinal rods rest against the deflectors 11. When the guard is to be folded and placed out of use, the longitudinal rods 4L and slides 3 are raised to carry the ends of said rods to an elevation above the deflectors 11 upon the corner-posts of the car, and after the ends are freed from the deflector the rods intermediate of the upper and lower ones and the central one move longitudinally in the heads of the slides 3, and the slides are moved toward each other. During this action the links 7 swivel upon the pivot-pins 6 in the collars 5 so that the rods 4 approach each other. The entire guard is thereby folded or collapsed into a compact condition and elevated to the tops of the carposts, thereby leaving the passage-ways between the posts in an open condition. -In folding the guard the rods 4 that have end thrust imparted to them-narnely, those intermediate of the upper and lower rods and the central rod-move outwardly, as seen in the dot ted lines, Fig. 111, so that the folding action may be accomplished. As the guard is again unfolded and lowered the outwardly-projected rods ride downwardly into contact with the upper end of a deflector l1 and are thrust endwise by coming against said guard, so that they are carried into proper position and separated to properly space the entire series of rods and the slides 3, in which they are fitted.

I claim as my invention 1. A folding car-guard consisting of a plurality of rods, means by which said rods are foldingly united, a series of guiding members in which said rods are independently mounted, and guides in which said guide members operate, substantially as set forth.

2. A folding car-guard consisting of a plurality of rods, means by which said rods are foldingly united, a series of guiding members in which said rods are independently mounted, guides in which said guide members operate, and means for supporting the guard in elevated position, substantially as set forth.

3. A car-guard comprising a plurality of rods, means by which said rods are foldingly united, slides in which said rods are independently mounted and guides in which said slides operate, substantially as set forth.

4. In a folding car-guard, the combination of a series of guides, series of slides operating in said guides, a plurality of rods mounted in said slides independently of each other, and links uniting said rods, substantially as set forth.

5. In a folding car-guard, the combination of a series of guides, series of slides operating in said guides, a plurality of rods mounted in said slides independently of each other,

links uniting said rods, and a deflector against which the ends of said rods are adapted to hear when the guard is moved into unfolded condition, substantially as set forth.

6., In a car-guard, the combination with the posts of a car, of guides carried by said posts, slides operating in said guides, rods mounted in said slides, means by which said rods are foldingly united, and counterbalances having connection with said slides and arranged to hold the guard in elevated position, substantially as set forth.

HENRY F. VOGEL.

In presence of A. DIEKMANN, M. U. MURPHY. 

